‘Go Make Arrests’: Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Underway, Tom Homan Says

 President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said on Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have begun seeking criminal illegal immigrants in the first phase of Trump’s mass deportation operation.

Homan told Fox News that ICE agents created “target sheets” prioritizing the arrests of illegal immigrants who are deemed threats to public safety. Trump signed a slew of executive orders immediately after being sworn into office on Monday to secure the southern border and crack down on illegal immigration.

“ICE teams are out there as of today,” Homan told Fox News host Trace Gallagher. “We gave them the direction to prioritize public safety threats. That’s what we’re looking for. We’ve been working with a target list.”

Homan added that the Trump administration had to “reevaluate” its strategy over “officers’ safety concerns” after its plans to go after illegal immigrants in Chicago were leaked. The border czar said the concerns have been addressed and ICE agents are working toward Trump’s deportation goals “today.”

“ICE officers throughout the country were told today, ‘Go make arrests of those here illegally that have a public safety threat.’ So they’ve developed target sheets, an operational plan to go out in the field … so they’re out there right now looking for the most serious public safety threats throughout the country,” Homan said.

 

Homan added that there are over 700,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records currently walking free in the U.S.

“That’s who we’re looking for right now,” he said.

The border czar did not specify where exactly the first ICE operations would begin, but did say the arrests are “happening all over the country.”

 

Trump signed executive orders on Monday declaring a national emergency at the southern border, ending “catch and release,” reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy, ending the CBP One app used by migrants to cross the border and claim asylum, and ending birthright citizenship. Homan called the executive orders “game-changers,” adding that they would lead to the “most secure border in my lifetime.”

Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship has already been challengedby 22 states with Democrat attorneys general who argue that it violates the 14th Amendment.